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2 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Don’t know specifics but hopefully 

you might want to check to see if there are later JetBlue flights available after the one you’re booked on in case you miss yours or see if you can extend the transit time. Don’t know specifics of how the partner airlines will work re: baggage but changing airlines you may need to factor in having to get your bags and drop them off at the JetBlue bag drop in T5 yourself.  Even if not, you’ll need to factor in time between terminals (not sure, 20-30 mins?) and going through security into T5 as well which again could be quick or slow depending on time of day etc - assuming you don’t have TSA pre-check?  Just deplaning/transfer between terminals/security into T5 could take an hour, leaving you an hour for immigration and customs formalities, which may or may not be enough.

already checked, on that day there's no later flights to RDU with jetblue at all. they have 3 per day from JFK at 7am, 11am and then last one is mine - the 6pm one. i would hope they would pass on my luggage to the connecting flight as 'partners' but if not then yeah that will take extra time aside of commuting between terminals, security and immigration. hopefully it will be enough. i'll ask my bf to call them and ask a few questions about that i guess tho i really wish my usual connection didn't go up in price from 800ish to 1200 all of a sudden (n the 800 was in december before chistmas lol) then i wouldnt have to deal with any of this, delta why sighhh 

10 hours ago, dawning said:

If the connection is booked as part of one fare with one airline they are typically responsible to accommodate the passenger in the case of a missed connection due to not enough time for customs.  That could mean getting you on to a later flight to your destination or even providing lodging till the next day if there is no later flight.  It might be worth asking the airline what would happen if customs has long lines and you can't get through in time?

hmmm i don't think it's one airline since i'm flying with LOT then with JetBlue but the connection has been booked all together via travelocity, does that count?

edit: nevermind i just read on jetblue's site that LOT is jetblue's airline partner so i think it should be fine?

11 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Indeed, like I said, I’ve gone from the sublime to the ridiculous at jfk.. I personally would never plan an international-to-domestic flight connection of less than 3 hours through a major airport like JfK or LHR. Maybe a bit less if all on the same ticket and you get checked through, you know it’s the same terminal and can just hand bags to airline attendants as you exit customs. But heck, there have been times it’s taken half an hour just to deplane sometimes too. I’d rather run the risk of surfing free WiFi for an hour than frantically trying to rebook a missed connection.

my flight is booked through travelocity it's with LOT to JFK and then from JFK to RDU is with JetBlue. i think since it's all booked as one trip/on connection through the site it's gonna be on one ticket then? i'm also flying on a tuesday, landing 3:40pm T7 and my connection is at 5:52pm T5

Just now, payxibka said:

Flying in on LOT?  If so, Terminal 7 is where you will deplane

yep LOTs connection WAW>JFK seems to be the most affordable right now since the WAW>CDG>RDU went from like 800$ to 1200$ somehow(rest in peace) I'm checking here for like traffic on terminal 7 i guess https://www.airport-jfk.com/arrivals-terminal-7 and i can't really tell if thats really busy or not to be honest, i hope thats ok.

1 minute ago, SusieQQQ said:

There are a number of terminals. How busy yours is depends on which one and when you land. I've waited almost 3 hours at JFK just before the December holiday season, I've also (twice) breezed through in about 5 minutes on the approx 1pm BA flight from LHR which was the only one landing at that terminal for hours either side. 

3 hours tho?? noooo wayy, thats crazy long! cause then if my layover is 2h... the queue so long would screw up my connection flight pretty badly. i guess it depends on luck, which terminal and how busy it is but it certainly does seem 'safer' time frame wise having the destination also being POE, so then you don't have to worry about that kind of problem possibly happening at all i guess. thanks for sharing!

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

JFK will have probably 50 or 60 booths (not all manned) so the size of the facility will be very different

i've been to JFK before (visited new york once while in the US + on my way back to poland) but not CBP there... and just thinking about a hall with 50-60 booths... alright that's a lot haha but yeah i guess ultimately it doesn't really matter where i enter if it truly all depends on the officer either way and both where i visit, purpose of the visit and my situation haven't changed.

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

K-1 so secondary is not so unusual.

 

Every airport inspects to the same standard so from that standpoint JFK and RDU should be the same.  It's all about the CBP officer you get.

 

What visa are you entering on?

 

JFK has about 100 kiosks but you will not be eligible to use as the kiosks are for citizens, LPRs, and VWP passengers

oh yea, sorry, i didnt mean the kiosk where you do it by yourself, i meant the 5-6 umm booths? at which CBP officers sit at and inspect(?) visitors. I'm entering on B2 visa I've had for a few years now I also have a boyfriend in the US which i always visit and we spend time together and travel to other states and such when i come(thats a brief overview i guess) I always stress out going through CBP but always all my stress goes away the moment i finally get to talk to a officer(after waiting and stressing in the queue) and it turns out they're very friendly and let me go after a few brief questions (pretty much why im visiting, for how long, whats the purpose of my visit i dont think i ever got asked anything else besides that)

6 minutes ago, payxibka said:

JFK is a busy POE and they have the kiosks.  My ex entered at JFK and it was not a big deal.  She did get pulled into secondary to process the paperwork though

hmm? was she on B2 going through additional paperwork in the secondary? from what i've heard so far secondary usually means bad news, my POE experiences at RDU so far have never been a big deal, just a few quick questions and usually very friendly and kind officers i interacted with(only like maybe 5 or 6 kiosks at the POE and not a ton of people) , thats why JFK seems 'big and scary' cause i'm not sure how much different it could be. do you think because its a bigger airport they would be more thorough and strict with everything, showing documents and such or does it always just depend fully on the officer interviewing you?

Alright so POE is where i go through CBP. Well if thats the case then thats gonna be my first time going through CBP on a different airport than usual. Makes me feel like i'm gonna be more nervous because JFK is a bigger airport than RDU and there's probably gonna be a lot more people and all that?? Anyways, thanks so much for the answers!

Hi guys,

i was just wondering (since i don't remember if i flown that way before or not) if the CBP control/interview i go through as a B2 visa holder happens only at the final destination airport? Or if i fly lets say to new york first, and then have another plane to where i'm travelling to they will interview me in new york? I don't plan on leaving the airport btw since the layover is just 2h but i was wondering how that works, last few times i traveled. I always had connections within europe and then landed at my destination being the first and last US airport im at (if that makes sense) I'm just curious and hoping i won't have to go through it twice or something (thatd be more stressful)

Anyone knows/traveled this way and could help me? Thanks!

17 hours ago, AussieTam said:

Yes plans on places you want to visit and Medical appointments will definitely be good . Just be honest about the tourist things you plan on doing and talk them up You have return ticket and appointments back home , that goes to show you plan on leaving

Thing is it would be just me writing down that information in english about the scheduled appointment and places I plan on visiting, it's not any receipts or official things i could have on paper from someone... so i just feel like it doesn't seem very genuine that way, showing things i've written down myself. I was thinking about visiting my father in another european country sometime this year, so maybe if i could book a flight ticket from poland to over there to visit him in march or april it would show that i indeed plan on going home, maybe that would look like a more convincing proof?

1 hour ago, AussieTam said:

I stayed 90 days on the VWP , I was almost denied entry on my second visit in a 12 month period . What got me through was the fact I had booked a cruise for during my stay . So having that showed I was here for tourist purpose . I don't think being in America for Valentine's etc would go over well with a questioning Border official. They seemed to take extra interest in any person who says their length of stay is over 6 weeks. I had proof of ties back home in Australia.  Including a job. As long as you can prove you are legitimate in your tourism it should be ok. They also made sure I had a return ticket,  so that is a good start

ah, that makes me kinda sad because i thought what got me through was saying "i'm going to spend christmas with my boyfriend" and "i'm going to spend summer vacation with my boyfriend" ofc each time we did some travelling and sight seeing because thats what i wanna do too aside of spending time with my SO. last time i visited for 8 weeks i did not get any extra questions asked and i never stayed shorter than 4 weeks either. i'll try to think about booking a trip somewhere, if i can. most of our plans include shorter trips like driving up north to visit a friend, visiting NC aquarium and one of the alpaca farms nearby and it's hard to prove that kind of trips on paper ): do you think having pictures on my phone from the last time I visited and did some sight seeing and like a list of places i wanna go to this time would be any kind of help here? or the fact that i wear braces and will have a orthodontist visit scheduled for when i come back home? and ofc a ticket back home. i plan to be fully truthful with the CBP officers like i've always been but i just don't think i will be able to come up with much more solid proof of me coming back. at least i can't really think of anything else i could show them if they happen to question me this time around.

hi guys!! im back here n thought i won't start up a new topic since it's still related. we decided to get the round trip for sure(100%) and thankfully the flight connections are pretty neat now (just one layover yay!) but i'm still kinda on the fence trying to pick between staying 2 or 3 months.  i wanted to come at the beginning of December, stay for Christmas and New Years, valentines and then my birthday is february 18 and leave on like 22nd of February which would make a bit less than 3 months of stay total. has anyone stayed for this long in the US on a B2 visa? should i be very worried or explaining why i want to stay this amount of time to spend these occasions together with my bf sounds reasonable, what do you think?

It's super early here and I'm not sure if I'm just not seeing the 'edit post' button or maybe its just not there but I just looked at your profile @dentsflogged and if you already started filing for K1 then maybe that's why it could look more suspicious and require more proof on your end? I'm hoping that could be the reason but I'm not sure.

18 minutes ago, dentsflogged said:

Secondary is my worst nightmare, especially with connecting flights! 

Personally, I wouldn't risk not having an iron-clad return plan. Even with the B-Visa, they don't have to let you in the country, and by all accounts in the news, and other threads here and on other travel forums, officers in Immigration are denying more people entry based on rules which can be interpreted to fit the scenario.  I believe someone once said that having a Visa merely allows you the legal right to knock on the front door, it's still up to Immigration if they decide to let you step over the threshold.

 

Also don't forget that if you have already spent 4.5 months of the last 12 (unless I am reading that wrong) the officer may well start to ask questions - I believe I read/heard somewhere that they look at people spending over 6 months of the year in the country as living there, even if you're technically just visiting (Actually, come to think of it, I think I saw this on "Border Security" a few weeks ago...) so if you don't have a return ticket within an 'acceptable' timeframe or proof of really strong ties to Poland, there may be some questions to be answered. 

Even with my history (11 years worth) of coming & going within the US, because my upcoming trip is my longest ever (56 days/8 weeks), I've still got huge wads of proof I intend to return to Australia at the end of my planned trip: an email from my employer confirming my leave (paid and unpaid time off combined - I work for a huge company that literally has 300 people doing my job - one person off for that length of time isn't noticed) and the date I am expected back at work, a copy of my rental agreement showing I have a lease until June next year, SMS's with my house sitter confirming the dates that she will be looking after my apartment and cats, an email to my real estate agent confirming my travel dates/house sitter's name & phone number, domestic tickets booked to get me from my BF's place in Wisconsin to LA, accommodation overnight in LA booked, then pre-booked shuttle to the airport for my international flight (all non-refundable), confirmation of a doctor's appointment that I have after my return to Australia. Proof of enough funds to support myself in the US (both cash & available in my account on entry, as well as the wages that will be paid to me while away) as well as an offer from a friend in Phoenix to have me stay with her whenever I want to visit just in case I need/want to.  Hopefully by the time I am due to leave I will have a  letter offering me a promotion that I am in the process of interviewing for to really cement things.   And I still worry about being denied entry. 

 

When in doubt, I say it's better to be prepared with a strong case - by all means you can apply for the K1 while you are there, but in order to enter the country, you're going to have to show proof you're going to leave!

Alright well as much as I appreciate your advice and input I need to tell you that if I went by this advice I don't think I would have been ever able to visit my bf in the U.S. at all ever because it's nearly impossible for me to acquire the kind of evidence you have as a 23 old student not owning any pets and still living with my family. Also my first visit was somehwere in July 2016 if counting a year till the last July of 2017 it has not been nearly 6 months and since my visit in December 2016 I have stayed probably around 3 months total. Whenever I visit I live at his place and of course I do take money with me but it's not any crazy amount for travelling and booking hotels or anything of that sort, last time i think i had 300$ with me in cash. I have said it each time clearly to the border security officers "I'm visiting my boyfriend for Christmas" or "I'm visiting my boyfriend for the summer vacation" so i never tried to conceal the fact that I am visiting someone in the U.S. rather than coming in to travel alone and do some sight seeing(tho we did travel here and there), I also always pointed the date on which was my return ticket is n it has never been frowned upon and always received the 6 month stamp. I do understand I don't have to be let in and I can be questioned but since I don't have any strong proof aside of having my family here well, what am I supposed to do then? Don't plan on visiting my bf at all then and give up seeing each other for the next 6 to 12 months(or however long K1 can max take)? We already decided for the mandatory round trip tickets instead of the one way deal but I don't know what else I can do because legit none of those examples for proof of home ties that work in your case would work for me... Now I'm just scared more than ever especially knowing that it seems like there's nothing I can do to improve my 'bound to my home country proof' situation.

13 hours ago, KULtoATL said:

Yes, the US petitioner can file the I-129F while the foreign beneficiary is in the US. However, the visa application will still be processed at the foreign beneficiary's local embassy in the home country.

 

When traveling on a B2, always have a return ticket (preferably something refundable and changeable, just in case and for your convenience). You'll never know when a gate agent or CBP officer wants to see your return flight itinerary. The last time I visited my fiancé prior to our K-1 visa issuance, I flew KLM and the gate agent at AMS queried me a lot (very nice lady!) and wanted to see my proof of return flight. Then upon arrival at EWR, same thing happened with the CBP officer. 

 

So you've visited 6 weeks, a month and 2 months over last year? Your stays even with no overstays are getting longer each time. That's a pattern that might be viewed as a red flag by a CBP officer and your planned upcoming entry might be scrutinized or worse still, called into secondary. Additionally, you seem to have very little ties to your home country, another thing that might work against you.

 

Looking at all of that, best to have a return ticket and make a shorter trip. Best of luck!

Thank you so much for this very thorough reply!! So it seems like starting to file over there and coming back to Poland to attend interview and all that is safe to do, I'm glad.

Last time I flied for the first time with KLM and Delta and i didn't get questioned at all but the first time I flied to the U.S. with french airlines through CDG I got questioned soooo much, by a very nice lady as well, so yeah I know it does happen, but certainly i have never been asked about the return ticket so kinda wanted to see here if anyone had that experience. Now I know it's safer to have it, looking at the circumstances. Hmm yeah I haven't thought about it this way that they're getting longer I just thought hey I never overstayed nor plan to so maybe that's a plus, but it certainly doesn't have to be depending on a situation and CBP officer and even though i only ever met super nice and enthusiastic officer... I might one day meet one that will question everything and I wouldn't want to get in trouble... I think we're just gonna make the stay a bit longer but opt for a round trip with a return ticket after all so I could show it as a proof of my intention of coming back and hopefully that's gonna be enough.

12 hours ago, Boiler said:

Not required to have a return ticket for a B but certainly a good idea and they know if you have a return, Computers.

 

What do you do that allows you so much holiday?

I missed one week of school in the winter (had a Christmas-New Years break) the rest of my visits were all during summer vacation. University students in Poland, if you pass everything in the first exam dates you pretty much finish the spring semester mid/end of June and then the registration for the fall/winter semester classes starts around mid September, classes start first week of October aka July and August are free from any classes unless you do some extra linguistic classes in the summer instead of during the academic year or something. That's when I would visit!

Hi guys,

I'm opening a new topic with a different question as me and my SO discussed different options out there and the safest and the best way so far would be for me to visit him (U.S.citizen, domicile in NC) again on my B2 visa (I have visited successfully 3 times so far for 6 weeks, a month and last time for 2 months over the last year) and while I'm over there with him start filing the K1 visa. I searched the internet for answers and I've seen that kind of plan someone came up with and it seemed to be approved by users on another site, but that was back in 2007. Apparently it's alright to do so as long as I'm not currently living in the US, and I'm not, I'm Polish living in Poland and would be just visiting. Thing is we wanted to have me stay for a bit longer this time, maybe 3-4 months? And each time I was crossing the border and getting a stamp in my passport I would get a stamp for 6 months. Of course i was asked why I'm visiting and I'd say I'm visiting my bf either for Christmas or for the summer vacation and haven't been frowned upon. I did have a ticket way back BUT never got asked to show it. That's why I'm here looking for advice. Do you think it's safe and legal to start filing for K1 while I'm visiting? Do you think I can come without a already booked ticked back to Poland so we could just book it later? I'm in no way trying to overstay the 6 months limit, I wanna do this fully legally just trying to see if I can avoid visiting while filing for K1 because I wouldn't be able to provide a strong proof of ties to home country and being sent back home accused of 'possibly wanting to overstay illegally' like a nightmare. I'm 23 with no loans, no house bought, no lease etc. I plan to go back home and have the visa interview, see my family and friends again before i enter the US again on K1 visa later on. I'm asking here because I can't call my embassy (they just have like an automatic response thing with very basic information there) and would have to schedule an appointment and those can take time and also I'm worried they'd might give me like a vague answer or tell me not to visit at all on B2 if I say that we are planning to marry and file for K1? I am hoping that because Poland is a low fraud country and because I have visited U.S. on B2 3 times and never overstayed they wouldn't be as suspicious? I really don't know but i definitely wanna do this right. Your help is greatly appreciated!!

wouldn't it be the easiest for him to go meet her in her country and after they meet, file for K1? then hopefully you wouldn't have to go back home right away, so you guys can stay together over there spend time and all that during K1 being processed and then you'd have to go back home without her, but she would join you in the US soon after K1 is approved. that's how I see it at least.

Okay, so following your guidance @geowrian @javadown2 I decided to do my research more thoroughly and find out where exactly I got the idea from about 'acquiring spouses domicile time' thing, I must have read it somewhere before. And so I started looking for information regarding this specifically in the state where my bf lives and I would be studying which is NC. As mentioned, there is a 12 month period of continuous residency requirement, that is true. But at the same university site, namely NCSU over here https://grad.ncsu.edu/admissions/residency/ there is a 'marriage benefit' section that states the following:

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If you currently residing in North Carolina and married to a legal North Carolina resident, you are permitted to use your spouse’s time in the state and residentiary acts as your own. Your own abode must be in North Carolina.

Now it's a little bit confusing for me, so am I allowed to use his domicile time or not? So then I looked further and in this North Carolina Residence Manual that you can take a look over here link  in point 4 it says pretty much 'yes it is possible to establish domicile even as a K1 visa holder or later having AOS pending BUT you still need those 12 months of residency in the state' (i didn't wanna copy the whole paragraph but just reworded what I understood from that part) Then later down in point 6 Married Persons it is said (and here I need to quote cause that's the part I'm not sure if I'm understanding correctly):

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Although a nonresident cannot automatically achieve resident status simply by marrying a person domiciled in North Carolina, a nonresident person who marries a North Carolina legal resident may benefit from the length of time his or her spouse has been domiciled in this state. If the nonresident spouse becomes domiciled in North Carolina, he or she may count the length of time the resident spouse has been domiciled in North Carolina for purposes of satisfying the 12-month requirement for in-state tuition.43 The qualifying event must have occurred prior to the first day of the term for which the in-state tuition rate is requested. Qualification for this benefit is determined by information provided by the applicant including the North Carolina resident spouse’s residency information and legally valid marriage documentation.

The '43' over there I underlined was a footnote mark referring to point § 116-143.1. (g) in Article 14 over here link and it says:

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Any nonresident person, irrespective of sex, who marries a legal resident of this State or marries one who later becomes a legal resident, may, upon becoming a legal resident of this State, accede to the benefit of the spouse's immediately precedent duration as a legal resident for purposes of satisfying the 12-month durational requirement of this section.

So I think I got to the source, but I'm without a clearer answer. In a way, the way i read it first and the simplest way it is explained at the NCSU site that yes you can acquire your spouses domicile time. Reading further, it looks like yes I can as long as I marry before applying to school? And then another reading I can understand in this could be that after 12 months of established domicile then my husbands domicile adds up to mine?? But then it wouldn't make much sense since it says "for the purposes of satisfying the 12-month durational requirement" so if it would be after 12 months then why would I need to add his domicile time to mine if the 12-month duration would be already met... Doesn't look like that's what it means right?

Either way please help me figure this out I feel more lost than before lol

Also, through immense amount of googling last night I found some thread on ***removed*** forums (though from 2007) where a US citizen with a foreign fiance were in a similar situation, namely, the fiance has been to the US before a couple of times and has a valid B2 visa and they plan on filing K1 visa for her. Because they do want to live together while the process is pending he asked if it is possible to do the following:

1) She arrives in US on B2 visa

2) After she's there he files K1 visa

3) She leaves to her home country before the 6 month validity of B2 visa is over (in our case would be most likely less than 6 months, maybe 3 or so, but still not a week or two)

4) She goes through the interview & so on back home and once K1 is approved, she goes back to the US

In the replies it this option was suggested as the best, safest bet. I'm considering this, because as I mentioned before it is gonna be extremely hard for me to prove strong ties to my home country while visiting my bf, or then fiance/husband on B2 visa without having a job I could go back to, continuing education in my home country any lease or a house I would own. So if it is legal to visit US like I did so far, visiting my bf on a B2 visa (each time my intent was clear, always mentioned visiting boyfriend and spending time together and got nothing but kind from the officers at POE) still wanting to go back, but starting to file a K1 while I'm over there it really seems like the best option for us. Without worrying about other possible visits to the US on a B2 visa while K1 has been requested/processing and being turned back at POE because suddenly I'm somehow suspicious and get sent back home. I will emphasize tho, I am not looking to cheat system in any way, I don't do this amount of research and asking for advice to try to do so. Just trying to lessen the possibility of being turned back at POE and make it from 'likely/possibly' to at least 'less likely' as it has been so far as I won't be buying a house or getting a lease to seem more credible anytime soon. I read that K1 cannot be filed while the fiance is living  in the US, but filing it as I'm just physically present, but as a tourist temporarily with the intent to go back and then come back on K1 after it is ready should be fine?

Let me know your thoughts, all your kind help is greatly appreciated, you are all amazing <3

edit: fingers crossed that I won't scare anyone off with the length of this post lol 

So im trying to compile all the information so far and as you are going through the K1 process my questions could be hopefully answered more easily? Anyways, i talked to my bf and the main concern right now is the tuition cost after i arrive in the U.S. on a K1 visa(if we go with that route) It has been answered earlier in this topic (thank you very much btw) that K1 permits studying, but, i assume even after getting married it doesn't qualify me to be able to study on a non-international basis(or can it be possibly negotiable with a school while the green card is being processed maybe?) so if we would want to avoid the high tuition (well, mainly presenting $23k up front *cough*) would it be possible to study on a in-state after AOS is done and i got my green card? Would i still have to wait a year to be eligible for in-state tuition? I've read on one university's FAQ that after marrying the spouse takes on the amount of time the U.S. citizen has been in the country, which in my bfs case is his whole life, but I'm not sure if this information is still viable. Also, how long does it usually take for AOS? I've read mixed comments from either 1 to 3 months and 6 to 9 months?

10 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Well, 6 months is the maximum so I'm assuming you never actually got a 7 month stamp. True, extended stays do make showing ties to return home more difficult, especially with the lack of a job. Other ties would be your schooling (it's a weak tie IMHO, but something) if you start there, any family you have there, a current lease / house / whatever, etc. Basically, it's whatever can compel you to return home instead of staying in the US.

yep, I just looked wrong and didn't re-check; it is 6 months on every stamp, correct. I wish there would be a job that would let me have a 2 weeks+ vacation, but that is very extremely unlikely unless I'd be self employed or something. I currently live with my mom and help take care of my grandma + work full time, but as I said I'd have to quit work to visit for longer. I assume it is even more difficult if I would have a one way ticket, right? But then would having a round trip with, let's say, a flight back home a few months later be a good enough proof aside of my family back in Poland or do they just assume I'd try to not board the plane back altogether?

20 minutes ago, geowrian said:

True, but many people here on VJ do exactly that.

thanks now i'm kind of considering it more, a little bit!! he wouldn't have to stay here for a long time tho right? just having a marriage certificate is enough to apply for CR1 through US so he could go back, continue studying and apply for a CR1? Does it not look suspicious tho if you fly over, marry and then file the CR1? If that makes sense.

34 minutes ago, mavel said:

how long can she stay in the states with that type of visa?

all the stamps I received visiting with B2 were for 6 months. each time it was a round trip with a scheduled flight back home.

30 minutes ago, mavel said:

do you know how much it could be if i buy a round trip ticket and then i change the date of depart ?

from my experience so far, and we tried to change the date once it is either expensive or impossible at all to change the date of the flight back home.

8 minutes ago, geowrian said:

You can still visit so long as you can show your ties to return home. Having a USC spouse sets a higher bar, but many people visit during the process fine. But it's the same way for entry on a tourist visa with a USC fiance and having filed for a K-1.

Regarding the proof of showing my ties to return home... well, if I were to visit again I would want to visit for longer like a few weeks at least, as my B2 visa allows (all my stamps in the passport say I was allowed to stay each time for either 6 or 7 months) which would mean I would have to stop working before coming over and I'm not sure what other proof would I be able to give them of my 'ties to return home' to be honest. Do you have any ideas what the proof could be since it applies for entering the country after applying for either K1 or CR1?

19 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Yes, you would need to marry first for the I-130. Understandable...just saying the option is available in case the timeline worked out better for you.

Ah, it's alright, thank you for pointing it out regardless I just find it very difficult to imagine how we would marry since he's both studying and working part time himself, leaving all that just to travel to Poland, marry and then come back home and wait 12-14 months... yeah, it just doesn't seem too great.

13 minutes ago, geowrian said:

First thing I'll note is that a CR-1 is still an option. You just would need to file it through the US instead of doing DCF. ETA: 12-14 months on average.

Well I read that during CR-1 being processed during 12-14 months it won't be possible to visit the U.S and to apply for it we would have to be already married right? And we are not. So paying more for K1 and being able to visit him during the time it is being processed seems better than applying for CR-1 and having to marry somewhere somehow before applying and then waiting 12 to 14 months without seeing each other.

21 minutes ago, milimelo said:

DV lottery entry doesn't negatively affect your B2 visa or VWP status. It's open now so apply and see if you're selected on May 2018. 

Yeah I simply meant if I would apply for DV lottery or later not win in it, would it somehow make me automatically more suspicious and possibly be denied entry to the U.S. on a B2 visa or later F1. 

Ok what i got so far is that CR1 option won't work for sure. As @DrEllaNJ mentioned it would be hard for me to get F1 it seems having a bf in the U.S. and besides we dont have $23,000 on a bank account for me to be able to apply as an international student so that seems impossible option for me right now as well. Which leaves me with the expensive, but more likely possible K1 visa that takes ~7-9 months wait. Considering all that I'm starting to think i should either 1) start a BA degree here and either graduate here after 3 years(but that's so long, argh!!) and while I'm studying apply for K1 so by the time I get BA the K1 wait is done and I can come to the U.S. and marry n either take a gap year/work or continue to study for master's degree OR 2) start applying for K1 now and work here in the meantime while the visa is getting processed then after its done arrive in the U.S. then start studying in the U.S. which would delay me obtaining a degree for a year+ or so. I'm honestly torn between the two... Besides my friend suggested looking into Diversity Visa lottery that I could apply on a side and then if I do get chosen then proceed with that, but then I've read that B2 visa holders shouldn't apply for the lottery because it could forbid them from entering the U.S. on the B2 visa as they would be suspicious of 'having intent to stay illegaly in the U.S.' Any thoughts on that?